Improvement in table-knives



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MATTEW CHAPMAN, 0l?A GREENFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters Patent No. 106,323, dated August 16, 1870 IMPROVEMENT IN TABLE-KNIVES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Palznt and making par?. cf the :sauneA I, llLw'rnnw CHAPMAN, of Greenfield, Franklin ,-0o`1lnty, Commomvealth ot llIassachusetts, have invented an' Improvement in Table-Knives, of which the following is a specification.

Nature ml Objects of the I Mention. h My invention relates to the manner of const-ruoting the handles ot knives, and of attaching them to the blades.

Description ofthe Accompanying Drawing. lfliglire I is a side viewfot' my improved knife; l lgure 1I 1s a plan view of the same; l lgure lll is a sect-lon ot the handle at one-ot the hands; and

vlllgure I shows thenotches 1n the tang of the lknifeto he filled with the metal.

General Description.'

A is the blade of the kuife.

In construction, a eut is formed in a solid handle for the. insertion ofthe tang. Channels are also formed for the bands G Dwl1ieh channels eome opposite the notches on n, when the tang is in the handle. The knife is then plaeediu a monld-aud the bands ,C1-D run around the handle inthe channels formed for the purpose, filling said channels and the Claim. What I claim is- A knife-handle, constructed as sl1o\ru,aud attachedin the mannerdeseribed.

MATTHEW CHAPMAN.

lVitnesses:

J. B. GARDNER, A. H. CEILEY. 

